Beacon vs Planoly
Planoly may suit a creator who wants to see how photos and videos look together before posting.
Beacon may suit a team that wants to keep its notes, reviews, and posts for many services together.
The work, side by side
See what happens from planning to posting.
Open the links to check each tool’s features. Some features need a paid plan.
Plan and schedule posts
Beacon
Save ideas and notes, write a version for each platform, and pick when each post goes live.
How Beacon prepares postsPlanoly
Plan posts on a calendar. For some formats, Planoly reminds you to finish posting in the social app.
Planoly product overviewMore than scheduling
Beacon
Beacon helps you write from the notes you choose, so your draft starts with your own material.
How Beacon uses your ideasPlanoly
Planoly shows how your feed will look and offers post ideas and a link page for your bio.
Planoly product overviewReview before posting
Check the result
Beacon
See which posts went live, open a live post when a link is available, and find out what to do if a post fails.
How Beacon shows post resultsPlanoly
Planoly shows how many people saw or reacted to supported posts, plus follower growth.
Planoly analytics guideBEACON CONNECTIONS
Use Beacon with the tools you already know.
Ask an AI assistant to help with posts, add publishing to your app, or connect an automation builder. Beacon keeps your access and approval rules in place.
Tools for your AI assistant
Connect Codex, Claude, or another compatible assistant through Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standard link for AI tools. It can check posts, make drafts, find media, and schedule posts. This is available on every Beacon plan, including Free.
See all 16 toolsBuild with TypeScript
Beacon’s TypeScript SDK gives developers ready-made code for posts, schedules, media, and AI drafts.
Read the TypeScript SDK guideConnect your automations
Use the request steps in n8n, Activepieces, or Zapier to call Beacon’s Agent API. Check, schedule, and manage posts with the access you grant.
Read the Agent API guideBefore you choose
Try one real post from start to finish.
Check whether Planoly can post each format for you or sends a phone reminder.